alarmist

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Noun
  • According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, last year was the worst year yet for peace in the country since a 2016 deal was struck between the FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, and the Colombian state.
    Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In 2024, a group of UN experts said that up to 4,000 Rwandan troops were fighting alongside the rebels.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • In the modern Middle East, a resounding blow against a troublemaker has rarely resulted in conciliation, capitulation, or even durable de-escalation.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The only real Twins troublemaker was Brooks Lee, who wasn’t originally slated to play in the contest.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Lahav emphasized that stringent measures would need to be taken in Israel's outreach to Iranian insurgent groups to avoid creating outcomes with the potential to be just as unfavorable, or even more unfavorable, to national and regional security.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
  • Saturday’s bracket gets going with one-time tourney staple UCLA and insurgent Murray State.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Hamilton's Phillipa Soo is portraying Mary Magdalene, with Milo Manheim playing apostle Peter.
    Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Judas, one of the apostles, betrays Jesus and that same night, Jesus is arrested and flogged.
    Tribune News Reports, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Unfortunately for proponents of AB 699, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a similar proposal six years ago.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Volz has been a major proponent of continuing to rely mainly on NOAA operated satellites, while entering into data purchase agreements with private companies as well.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
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“Alarmist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmist. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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